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Table 16. — Plywood consumption, exports, imports, and domestic production, 1950-72 



[%-indh basis] 





Domestic consumption 



Exports 



Imports 



Domestic production l 



Year 



Total 



Per 

 capita 



Soft- 

 woods 



Hard- 

 woods 



Total 



Soft- 

 woods 



Hard- 

 woods 2 



Total 



Soft- 

 woods 



Hard- 

 woods 



Total 



Soft- 

 woods 



Hard- 

 woods 



1950 . 



Million 



square 



feet 



Square 

 feet 



Million 

 square 

 feet 

 2,672 

 2,995 

 3,166 

 3,839 

 3,983 



5,276 

 5,418 

 5,639 

 6,475 

 7,664 



7,757 



8,495 

 9,311 



10, 367 



11, 431 



12,402 

 12,804 

 12, 758 

 14.332 

 13,354 



14,038 

 16, 262 

 18,089 



Million 



square 



feet 



Million 

 square 

 feet 

 4 

 4 

 13 

 10 

 7 



10 

 16 



15 

 14 

 75 



15 

 17 

 19 

 19 

 31 



37 



56 

 93 



78 

 215 



172 

 114 



247 



Million 

 square 

 feet 

 3 

 4 



13 

 10 

 7 



8 

 15 

 15 

 12 

 72 



13 



14 

 17 

 18 

 28 



30 

 48 

 85 

 64 

 199 



114 



99 



220 



Million 



square 



feet 



( 3 ) 



1 

 ( 3 ) 

 1 

 1 



2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 3 



2 

 3 



2 

 1 



2 



6 

 8 

 8 

 14 

 16 



58 

 15 

 26 



Million 



square 



feet 



45 



53 



60 



156 



306 



443 



498 

 597 

 643 

 938 



725 

 739 

 903 

 945 

 1,045 



1,052 



1,257 

 1,247 

 1,896 

 2,121 



2,049 

 2,548 

 3,162 



Million 



square 



feet 



( 3 ) 



4 



1 



( 3 ) 



m 

 m 



( 3 ) 



(?) 



Million 



square 



feet 



45 



49 



60 



155 



306 



442 

 498 

 597 

 643 

 938 



715 

 727 

 891 

 935 

 1,040 



1,047 

 1,254 

 1,244 

 1,886 

 2,107 



2,047 

 2,545 

 3,156 



Million 



square 



feet 



Million 

 square 

 feet 

 2,676 

 2,995 

 3,178 

 3,848 

 3,989 



5,284 

 5,432 

 5,653 

 6,487 

 7,736 



7,759 

 8,496 

 9,315 

 10,375 

 11,455 



12,428 

 12,849 

 12,840 

 14,385 

 13, 538 



14, 149 

 16,858 

 18,303 



Million 



square 



feet 



1951 



4,241 

 4,450 

 5,222 

 5,405 



7,071 

 7,262 

 7,412 

 8,267 

 9,945 



9,571 

 10,523 

 11,716 

 12, 984 

 14,380 



15, 492 

 16, 126 

 15,909 

 18, 213 

 17, 314 



17, 822 

 20, 722 

 23,455 



27 

 28 

 33 

 33 



43 

 43 

 43 



47 

 56 



53 



57 

 63 

 69 

 75 



80 

 82 

 80 



91 

 85 



87 

 100 

 112 



1,245 

 1,284 

 1,383 

 1,422 



1,795 



1,844 

 1,773 

 1,792 

 2,281 



1,814 

 2,028 

 2,404 

 2,617 

 2,949 



3,090 

 3,321 

 3,152 

 3,882 

 3,960 



3,784 

 4,460 

 5,367 



4,192 

 4,403 

 5,076 

 5,106 



6,639 

 6.780 

 6,830 

 7,638 

 9,082 



8,861 

 9,801 

 10,831 

 12,058 

 13, 366 



14, 477 

 14,925 

 14, 756 

 16, 395 

 15,407 



15,945 

 18,288 

 20,540 



1,197 



1952 



1,224 



1953 



1,228 



1954 



1,116 



1955 



1,355 



1956 



1,347 



1957 



1,177 



1958 



1959 



1,151 

 1,346 



1,102 



1960 



a 



13 

 13 



10 

 5 



5 

 3 

 3 



10 

 15 



2 

 3 

 6 



1961 . 



1,305 



1962 . 



1,516 



1963 



1,683 



1964 



1,912 



1965 - 



2,049 



1966 



2,076 

 1,916 



1967 



1968 



2,009 

 1,869 



1969 



1970* 



1 796 



1971 * 



1972* 



1,930 

 2 237 







1 Includes production from both domestic and imported veneer. 



2 Includes mixed species (not classified as hardwoods or softwoods). 



3 Less than 500,000 square feet. 



* Preliminary, Forest Service estimates. 



Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 



Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Produc- 



tion — Softwood plywood. Curr. Ind. Reps. Ser. MA24H (annual); Hardwood 

 plywood. Curr. Ind. Reps. Ser. MA24F (annual); Exports— U.S. exports — 

 schedule B commodity and country. FT 410 (monthly); Imports — U.S. 

 imports — general and consumption , schedule A commodity and country. FT 135 

 (monthly). 



